James Gilespie Blaine McKusick (February 23, 1888 – August 8, 1960) was an American football and basketball coach. He served as both the head football coach and head basketball coach at the University of South Dakota from 1916 to 1917.[1]
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 23, 1888 Calais, Maine, U.S. |
| Died | August 8, 1960 (aged 72) Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Alma mater | South Dakota (JD, 1913) |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1907–1908 | Bowdoin |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1915 | South Dakota (assistant) |
| 1916–1917 | South Dakota |
| 1919 | Missouri Military Academy (MO) |
| Basketball | |
| 1915–1916 | South Dakota (assistant) |
| 1916–1917 | South Dakota |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 3–8–2 (college football) 8–1 (college basketball) |
McKusick attended Bowdoin College in Maine before becoming a student at the University of South Dakota School of Law in 1911.[2] He also served as the head football coach at Missouri Military Academy in Mexico, Missouri in 1920.[3]
Head coaching record
editFootball
edit| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota Coyotes (Independent) (1916–1917) | |||||||||
| 1916 | South Dakota | 1–5–2 | |||||||
| 1917 | South Dakota | 2–3 | |||||||
| South Dakota: | 3–8–2 | ||||||||
| Total: | 3–8–2 | ||||||||
References
edit- ^ Catalog: Undergraduate Programs. University of South Dakota. 1917. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
- ^ General Catalogue of Bowdoin College and the Medical School of Maine. Bowdoin College. 1916. Retrieved December 6, 2018.
- ^ 1920 NCAA Guide. NCAA. Retrieved December 25, 2018.